match was Jim Iocca driving See
You Next Wednesday, who made
the journey by knocking off Motor
City Massacre, Gyroscopic, and
Kyle’s Cutter. See You Next
Wednesday took the quarterfinal
match and moved on to meet
young Purvin and his dangerous
undercutter Vile Ant in the semi-final match. Vile Ant won that
match and said, “See You Next
Wednesday” to Jim and Julie, who
moved to the loser’s bracket semi-final match.

In the Ant loser’s bracket, Chris
Atwood and his wedge bot
Antelope (Figure 24) eliminated
Motor City Massacre, Amatol, Low
Blow, and Snaggletooth (via
forfeit) to get to the quarterfinal
match. In that match, he met Mike
Jeffries and his wedge bot Kobalos.
Kobalos earned a berth in the
quarterfinal match by eliminating
Malicious Mule, Gyroscopic, and
Fericious.

Kobalos prevailed in the
quarterfinal match and moved on to
meet See You Next Wednesday in
the semi-final match. In the semi-final match, See You Next
Wednesday seemed to have trouble

spinning up and as a result Kobalos
batted it around the arena like a
hockey puck, earning the easy win
on hits and driver aggression.

The victory set up a classic
Antweight final match between
the unstoppable wedge Kobalos
and the big spinning undercutter
Vile Ant. Kobalos had the upper
hand early in the final match,
pushing Vile Ant around. Eventually,
Vile Ant ran over the top of
Kobalos, taking a wheel off the
wedge in the process. Kobalos
limped around the arena until Vile
Ant snatched his other wheel to
take the victory. It was Warren
Purvin’s first Ant championship.
Warren posed with his father (and
pitman) Glenn after the match
(Figure 25).

A complete list of all the
winners is in Table 1. The top
three winners in each weight
class received beautifully etched
Plexiglas trophies and a bounty
of merchandise, gift certificates,
and discount coupons from event
sponsors Castle ( www.castle
creations.com), Holmes Hobbies
( www.holmeshobbies.com),
Kitbots ( www.kitbots.com),